Biology:ADAM2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 2 or Beta-fertilin[1] is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAM2 gene.[2][3][4]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain) family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins structurally related to snake venom disintegrins, and have been implicated in a variety of biological processes involving cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions, including fertilization, muscle development, and neurogenesis. This member is a subunit of an integral sperm membrane heterodimer glycoprotein called fertilin, which plays an important role in sperm-egg interactions.[4] The other subunit is ADAM1 or alpha-fertilin.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Expression, immunolocalization and processing of fertilins ADAM-1 and ADAM-2 in the boar (Sus domesticus) spermatozoa during epididymal maturation". Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 9: 96. June 2011. doi:10.1186/1477-7827-9-96. PMID 21718510. 
  2. "Molecular cloning of the human fertilin beta subunit". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 224 (2): 318–26. July 1996. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.1027. PMID 8702389. 
  3. "Mapping, sequence, and expression analysis of the human fertilin beta gene (FTNB)". Genomics 40 (1): 190–2. February 1997. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4531. PMID 9070941. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Entrez Gene: ADAM2 ADAM metallopeptidase domain 2 (fertilin beta)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2515. 

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